Biography:Natalie Enright Jerger

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Short description: American computer scientist
Natalie Enright Jerger
Born
Natalie Dana Enright[1]

Plainfield, New Jersey, United States
NationalityAmerican
Alma materKent Place School
Purdue University
University of Wisconsin
Known forComputer Architecture
AwardsCRA-W BECA award (2015)
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship (2015)
ACM Distinguished Member (2018)
Scientific career
FieldsComputer Science
InstitutionsUniversity of Toronto
Doctoral advisorMikko Lipasti and Li-Shiuan Peh
Websitewww.eecg.toronto.edu/~enright

Natalie Dana Enright Jerger (née Enright) is an American computer scientist known for research in computer science including computer architecture and interconnection networks.[2]

Education and career

Born in Plainfield, New Jersey, she attended Kent Place School[3] and received a BS in computer engineering from Purdue University in 2002.[1][4] She received her PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison studying Computer Architecture.

She joined the Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto in 2009 as an Assistant Professor.[5] She was promoted to Associate Professor in 2014 and to Professor in 2017, becoming the Percy Edward Hart Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering.[2][6] Enright Jerger co-chairs the ACM Council on Diversity and Inclusion.[7] In 2023, she was promoted as Director of the Division of Engineering Science at the University of Toronto.[8][9]

Recognition

  • 2014: Young Engineer Medal from Professional Engineers Ontario.[10]
  • 2015: CRA-W Anita Borg Early Career Award (BECA).[11] 2015 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship.[12][13]
  • 2018: Named an ACM Distinguished Member.[14][15][16]
  • 2019: Canada Research Chair in Computer Architecture.[17]
  • 2019: University of Toronto McLean Award.[18]
  • 2021: Elected as an IEEE Fellow "for contributions to networks-on-chip for many-core architectures".[19]

Personal life

Enright Jerger is the grand-daughter of professional baseball player Tony Lupien, the great-granddaughter of Ulysses J. Lupien and cousin of professional wrestler and actor John Cena.[20]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Class Years - Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering". Purdue University. https://engineering.purdue.edu/ECE/People/WallOfFame/Classes/2002. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Enright Jerger N". University of Toronto. https://www.ece.utoronto.ca/people/enright-jerger-n/. 
  3. ↑ Weekend Wisdom; Natalie Enright Jerger '98, Kent Place School. Accessed October 25, 2019.
  4. ↑ Pelner, Laura (April 8, 2002). "Women find place in Purdue engineering". https://www.purdueexponent.org/campus/article_6a64dfc8-e168-536c-9fac-acc5ee8cdd5e.html. 
  5. ↑ "A Year in Review:New Faculty Members who Joined Engineering in 2008-2009 – University of Toronto Engineering News". 25 June 2009. https://news.engineering.utoronto.ca/year-review-new-faculty-members-joined-engineering-2008-2009/. 
  6. ↑ "Natalie Enright Jerger". Massachusetts Institute of Technology. https://risingstars18-eecs.mit.edu/speaker-jerger/. 
  7. ↑ "Diversity and Inclusion". Association for Computing Machinery. https://www.acm.org/diversity-inclusion. Retrieved 6 October 2019. 
  8. ↑ Natalie Enright Jerger eecg.utoronto.ca
  9. ↑ Christina Heidorn (6 July 2023) Meet Engsci's new director engsci.utoronto.ca
  10. ↑ "2014 OPEA Engineering Medal – Young Engineer Winner". Professional Engineers Ontario. http://www.peo.on.ca/index.php/ci_id/28107/la_id/1.htm. 
  11. ↑ "CRA-W BECA Award 2015". Computing Research Association. https://cra.org/cra-w/beca2015/. 
  12. ↑ "Sloan Research Fellowships Past Winners". https://sloan.org/past-fellows. 
  13. ↑ Mitchell, Marit (23 February 2015). "ECE Professor Natalie Enright Jerger wins Sloan Research Fellowship". University of Toronto. https://news.engineering.utoronto.ca/ece-professor-natalie-enright-jerger-wins-sloan-research-fellowship/. 
  14. ↑ "2018 ACM Distinguished Members Recognized for Contributions that Have Revolutionized How We Live, Work and Play" (Press release). New York, NY: Association for Computing Machinery. November 7, 2018. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
  15. ↑ Farrell, Carolyn (9 November 2018). "Natalie Enright Jerger named ACM Distinguished Member". University of Toronto. https://www.ece.utoronto.ca/news/natalie-enright-jerger-named-acm-distinguished-member/. 
  16. ↑ "Natalie Enright Jerger". Association for Computing Machinery. https://awards.acm.org/award_winners/enrightjerger_6919351. 
  17. ↑ "Spring 2019 Recipients (Cycle 2018-2)". Canada Research Chairs. 6 October 2019. https://www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/media-medias/lists-listes/2019/october-octobre-eng.aspx. 
  18. ↑ Rodrigues, Jenny (6 October 2019). "ECE researcher and McLean Award-winner is building the future of computer architecture". https://www.ece.utoronto.ca/news/ece-researcher-and-mclean-award-winner-is-building-the-future-of-computer-architecture/. Retrieved 6 October 2019. 
  19. ↑ "Fellows from the IEEE Computer Society". IEEE Fellows directory. IEEE. https://services27.ieee.org/fellowsdirectory/getsocietyfellows.html?society=MEMC016. 
  20. ↑ "Edith Mildred Lupien". https://www.knightfuneralhomes.com/obituary/2989954. 

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